Ice-creeper.



0. A. NORLUND.

ICE CREEPER.

APPLIOATION yFILED MAY 15, 1911.

1,051,154, 1 l PatentedJan.21,1913.-

OLOIE A. NORLUND, OF WILLIAMSPORT, PENNSYLVANIA.

Y ICE-CREEPER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J an. 21, 1913.

Application filed May 15, 1911. Serial No. 627,317.

To all 'whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, OLoF A. NORLUND, a citizen of the United States,residing at Williamsport, in the county of Lycoming and State ofPennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Ice-Creeper, of which thefollowing` is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in ice Creepers. Y

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction ofice Creepers, and to provide a simple, efcient and inexpensive iceCreeper, adapted to be readily applied to a boot or shoe, andcapable,when secured to the same, of adjusting itself automatically tosuit the size of the heel.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in theConstruction and novel combination of parts hereinafter fully described,illustrated in the accompanying drawing, and pointed out in the claimshereto appended; it being understood that various changes in the form,proportion, size and minor details of construction, within the scope ofthe claims, may be resorted to without departing from the spirit orsacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawing Figure 1 is a plan view of an ice Creeper, Constructed inaccordance with this invention, the attaching strap being in section.Fig. 2 is a reverse plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a transversesectional view on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a similar view onthe line 4-4 of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of one ofthe sections of the ice Creeper. Fig. 6 is a detail sectional view,illustrating the construction of the calks.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the drawing.

In the accompanying drawing in which is illustrated the preferredembodiment of the invention, the ice Creeper comprises in itsconstruction a casing conforming to the conguration of and adapted tofit the heel of a shoe and divided longitudinally to form two sideplates or sections 1 and 2, stamped or otherwise formed from sheetmetal, or other suitable material, and provided at their outer sideedges with upwardly extending marginal flanges 3 and 4, adapted to fitagainst the side and rear faces of the heel of a boot or shoe. The sideplates or sections, which are movable inwardly and outwardly alongparallel lines in opposite directions transversely of the ice Creeper tovary the size thereof, are provided with front and rear transverselydisposed arms 5, 6, 7 and 8, arranged in pairs and forming overlappingslidable connections between the plates or sections. The front arm 5 ofthe section 1 is arranged beneath the arm 6 of the section 2, and it eX-tends .through a slot 9 of the latter. The section 2 is provided with atransverse depression 10, which extends inwardly from the marginal ange4 to the slot 9, the plate being slotted at the inner end of thetransverse depression 10. This construction arranges the upper face ofthe arm 5 in substantially flush relation with the upper face of thesection 2. The section 1 is also pro vided at the front portion with atransverse depression 11, which receives the front arm 6 of the section2.

The section 1 is depressed at the inner end of its rear arm 7 at 12, andit is provided at the depression 12 with a slot 13 through which therear arm 8 of the section 2 passes. The slots 9 and 13 extend in adirection longitudinally of the ice Creeper, and each plate or sectionthereof has one of its arms extended through a slot in the other plateor section. The rear arm. 7 of the section 1 fits against the lower faceof the section 2, and the rear arm 8 of the section 2 after passingthrough the slot of the section 1 fits against the lower face of thelatter. The sections 1 and 2 are provided at their rear portions withtransverse slots 14 and 15 in which operate rivets 16 and 17, connected,respectively, with the ends of the arms 8 and 7, and provided withheads, which engage the upper faces o-f the sections 1 and 2. Thetransverse slots 14 and 15 and the rivets limit the lateral separationof the sections of the4 ice Creeper, which is adapted to be varied insize to fit heels of different sizes. The rivets 16 and 17 also securestraps 18 and 19 to the ends of the rear arms 7 and 8, and the straps 18and 19, which eX- tend outwardly from the arms pass upwardly thro-ughslots 20 and 21 in the side flanges 3 and 4 of the sections 1 and 2, andare adapted to be supported over the instep of the foot by a buckle 22of any preferred construction. Vhen the straps are tightened, theyautomatically draw the sections l and 2' of they ice Creeper ,inwardlyand cause the same to adjust themselves to t the heel properly.

The sections Vare provided at their lower faces with calks 23, or othersuitable ice engaging means to prevent the wearer from slipping on ice,snow, or other slippery surfaces. The calks preferably consist ofpointed spurs or projections having reduced shanks 24, piercing thesections 0f the ice creeper and provided at the upper faces thereof withheads 25.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desireto secure by Let-ters Patent, is:

I. An ice Creeper comprising a casing adapted to fit the heel of a shoeand divided longitudinally into two side sections, each provided with alaterally extending arm guided on the other section, said arms beingmovable transversely of the heel in opposite directions alongsubstantially parallel lines, and .attaching means connected with theouter portions of the arms and arranged lto draw the sections bodilytogether to secure a lit.

2. An ice creeper including two side sections having transverselydisposed arms, each section having a slot receiving an' arm of the othersection, whereby the sections are slidably connected and are adjustablei to fit heels of different sizes, and attaching means arranged whenapplied to draw the sections Y together to automatically secure a fit.

3. An ice creeper includingy two side sections having transverselydisposed arms, each section having a slotreceiving an arm of the othersection, whereby the sections are slidably connected and are adjustabletoy fit heels of different sizes, and securing means connected with theouter ends of the arms of the opposite sections and arranged to draw thesections inwardly to cause the same to fit a heel automatically.

4. An ice Creeper including side sections provided with transverselydisposed arms and having transverse slots, fastening del vices mountedon the arms and operating in the transverse slots of the sections, andstraps secured to the arms by the fastening devices and arranged to drawthe sections inward automatically to cause the ice creeper to lit aheel.

5. An ice creeper including side sections provided at their outer edgeswith marginal flanges lhaving openings, said side sections being alsoprovided at their inner edges with transverse arms arranged inoverlapping re lation, and straps connected with the arms and extendingthrough the openings of the said flanges and arranged to draw thesections inward automatically.

6. An ice creeper including side sections provided with transverse arms,each of the sections having a depression receiving the arm of the othersection, and one of the sections being slotted at the inner end of itsdepression to receive the arm of the other section, whereby the twosections are slidably connected.

7. An ice creeper including side sections provided with front and reartransverse arms arranged in pairs in overlapping relation, one of thearms of each pair being extended through a slot of the section havingthe other arm, whereby the sections are slidably connected. i

8. An ice Creeper including side sections 5 provided with slots and withfront and rear transverse arms arranged in pairs in over- ;lappingrelation, one of the arms of each ipair being extended through a slot ofthe section having the other pair of arms,

whereby the sections are slidably connected, i

and straps connected'to the outer ends of L the arms and arranged todraw the sections inward automatically.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have heretoaflixed my signag'ture in the presence of two witnesses.

OLOF A. NORLUND.

Witnesses:

HARRY T. STIGER, E. M. Grises.

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